Paul Raven

That's just going to make the latest wedding look all the more threadbare.

Yes, that out of the blue return was odd. Maybe GG found a forgotten clause in the contract he signed when he was wooed to ABC and they were forced to take him back! Like George Reinholt he talked about the contract that promised him primetime roles. But it was loaded in the networks favor. I think it was Gloria Loring that re-signed at Days on the promise of primetime opportunities, but that was all it was- she was put up for guest spots and TV movies but not necessarily guaranteed that she get the role.

Week ending March 5 1978 Second season shows are tested CBS finishes first week in March with stronger than usual 1 9.5, but not enough to beat ABC The prime -time ratings pattern continued to hold steady for the week ended March 5, and attention increasingly turns to second season entries as the networks probe one another's weaknesses or cover their own. As usual, ABC -TV won the week, scoring a 20.5 average rating. But CBS -TV was closer than usual with a 19.5 average garnered with the help of several strong specials and movies in addition to some of its dependable series regulars. NBC followed its habit of plummeting when its "évent "entries failed. In this case it was the miniseries, Loose Change, which scored only 24 and 22 shares on Monday and Tuesday, leaving the network with a 16.9 average rating for the week. Looking at new series and new time slots, ABC's Six Million Dollar Man on Monday (8 -9 p.m. NYT) continued to falter with a 22 share, while What's Happening, in its new slot on Saturday (8 -9 p.m.), also remained shaky with a 23 share. Starsky and Hutch is still healthy with a 38 share in its new slot following Charlie's Angels on Wednesday, and How the West Was Won also had a 38 on Sunday (8 -9 p.m.). Against West CBS's Rhoda and On Our Own came in poorly for the second week in a row of face to face competition, with each pulling 25 shares after a 41 share lead in from 60 Minutes. ABC's special two -hour presentation of the upcoming series tryout, Having Babies, scored a 27 share on Friday (9 -11 p.m.) against strong competition from both the other networks (the movie "Ski Lift to Death" on CBS and Rockford Files and Quincy on NBC). For CBS, its new Monday night leadoffs, Good Times and Baby I'm Back, scored so -so 27 and 28 shares respectively. But the second half of the night had its best performance since the new line -up came in- M *A*S *Hwith a 45, One Day at a Time with a 41 and Lou Grant with a 36. Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes and Shields and Yarnell showed no signs of reviving on Tuesday, with 16 shares each, but the new Tuesday movie slot held up with a 41 share from Clint Eastwood's "Magnum Force." The network's entire Saturday line up continued to limp in, as Bob Newhart Tony Randall, The Jeffersons, Maude and Kojak all scored sub 30 shares (with the exception of Newhart's 29, in fact, all scored sub -25 shares). NBC premiered its new Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show on Tuesday (8 -9 p.m.),when it pulled a 24 share. The second episode of Quark had a 27, three points down from its premiere. There might be the temptation to conclude that the 29 share turned in by the National Love, Sex and Marriage Test on Sunday (9:30 -10 p.m.) proves the appetite for "sophisticated" subject matter is not insatiable after all, except that its competition was not only CBS's strong comedy block but also ABC's rerun of "The Way We Were," which pulled a 35 share. Of NBC's other midseason entries -CPO Sharkey, Black Sheep Squadron, James at 16 and Class of '65 -CPO Sharkey turned in the highest score of the week, a 27. *NBC were in dire straits at this point relying on movies and specials which could hit or bomb in equal measure. Fred Silverman had his work cut out for him when he arrived that Summer. He favored sitcoms and series as the schedule's foundation and NBC had no sitcoms to build on and few solid series. He also had a big backlog of specials/mini series that had been committed to air. Also NBC had a long standing relationship with Universal so he was forced to work with that studio. He struggled to get quality producers on board as they were either tied into deals with ABC/CBS or were wary of having their shows on the 3rd rated network. He still felt variety had a place on the schedule however and that lead to duds like Susan Anton, The Big Show and Pink Lady and Jeff.

The original 'mansion' was one of the set upgrades they did in 1980 . It was the Chandler residence. When that story fizzled out I think it became Stuart Whyland's house -not 100 on that. But it was revealed that Stuart was working for the Di Mera's (rewrite) so Stefano moved into that house. Mmmm...then it became Alex Marshall's? Neil and Liz lived there also. At some point it was finally replaced.

Gloria Monty started using tape editing but I doubt that was straight away. Maybe a few weeks/months in. Did Gloria hire new directors?-I would imagine so. She stated that she located the old tape machines used for the late night ABC Wide World of Mystery videotaped movies (some of which she directed). That meant that scenes could be shorter and chopped up, rather than one long scene playing start to end. Lamont was recast, probably with a more dynamic actor and the Mark/Katie story continued till mid 78. Marland brought on Dan Rooney, Susan Moore and Gary's brother Howard. Also Chris Robinson took over in May. So Marland pretty much followed his rules-not making any major cast changes and working/refining what was there. Laura killing David was really the first big story that boosted the ratings.

There are so many beats that could be played with relationships and history b/w characters. But cast/set restrictions (and loust writing) are destroying that. Really liked seeing Jack and Nikki catch up. Trouble is, in the current version of Y&R it had to continue the entire episode. Hearing Lily talk on the phone to Maddie-how much better if we had actually seen the kids during Cane's return. Would the original actors return for a short stint? Maybe not and perhaps they don't feel a recast would work. All of this could have been avoided by letting BF be a new character. For the amount of difference it's made , there was really no need to bring back Cane.

Who is monitoring her spending? Maybe the upshot is that Leslie is spending way beyond her means and she'll end up broke again. The house will be repossessed etc, Part of her comeuppance.

Amazing work @slick jones I remember watching and enjoying Yellow Rose but losing interest once they went to self contained episodes, Interestingly that's the opposite of what Dallas, KL and FC did. So maybe YR should have been more episodic at first and then go to a fully fledged serial. But really the timeslot was the problem -Sat @10 was not the spot for a serial. And Rounders turned out to be a poor lead in. Maybe 9-11 Tues following A Team would have helped.

Doug Marland came on board shortly before Gloria Monty, I believe. Jackie Smith was in charge of ABC daytime at that point. All of the characters in place were not his creations. Alan was created by Irving and Tex Ellman who wrote the hurricane story a few months before and brought in Alan, Scotty, David Hamilton, Dorrie and Lisa/Lana. His first character was Bobbie in Jan 78. Apart from wrapping up the Lan/Lisa story he pretty much kept all the stories going just adding new elements.

Yikes -a Cane/Phyllis sex scene. Why was there no warning before this episode aired? And of course Phyllis had sex with her bra on. Had to laugh when Cane, trying to think of Phyllis' password to sneak into her laptop, talks out loud so we (and she) can be clued into what's happening. What is Phyllis' financial standing? At one point she was wealthy enough to run a hotel-which she gave up in an instant(can't remember why-some inane reason) Now she's scrounging around for a job with Cane. The many residents of the GCAC who are living in hotel rooms don't seem to do anything to personalize their space-no photos, books etc. The GCAC must have a strict policy on that. Nikki did look good today. Still find her hairstyle a little dowdy though.

Thanks so much @SoapDope78 Wow-the first week of 1 hr shows and Gloria Monty's tenure. It's been reported that she scrapped the first few shows that had already been taped in the hour format, but like so many stories from the good ol' days that might be a myth. Nothing about what we saw there suggests any noticeable changes in direction or production.

The Salem Slasher in 83 was the turning point -the first use of masks that transformed entire body shapes and then we went to super villians, spies, multiple back from the dead etc Reilly's run was just the next step.

As soon as I went to the link and read it...very triggering!!

When you tune in and the first 3 scenes pretty much tell you the content of the entire episode... The Mariah 'story' has been going for months with little movement. The Cane/Dumas story fell in a heap. I'm sorry but seeing Eric Braeden in a chair or occasionally shuffling around the set while delivering odd line readings is not captivating TV.

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At least show Leslie at the door and the organizing woman leaving and then Leslie bluffing her way in.. 'Anita is expecting me.' As it was, she was just suddenly in the room. The staging for the CC dinner looked off with Bill/Hayley, Jacob/Naomi squashed together with a big gap in the middle. Maybe Randy just needs to come clean with Joey and tell him Hayley is his cousin and say that Hayley never told Bill so they're keeping it secret for now. If Hayley is now poisoning Bill regularly why are there no symptoms as yet? Is this a soap poison that has it's own special formula? Now we know Hayley's agenda, what is her shelf life? Will the poisoning scheme fall in a heap and she'll have to try something else? Or will there be a twist like she is injured, develops amnesia and forgets her scheme?

Maybe Major Dad could have been the Sat lead in to Family Man? Although Sat was no longer a priority for the networks. This was early in the season but changes were already being made. CBS Evening Shade which started on Fri @8 was moved to Mon @8 to replace Uncle Buck that wasn't working Mon. Puzzled why they didn't move Major Dad forward a half hour as it was the stronger show. Try Uncle Buck @ 8.30Mon. Uncle Buck was moved to Fri but didn't do any better. The Wed lead in of Lenny/Doctor,Doctor were quickly canned and 48 Hours was moved from Sat. Earth Force and 48 Hours Sat 9-11 were replaced by Beverly Hills Cop 2 NBC Fanelli Boys and Dear John were quickly swapped on Wed 9-10 in the hopes that amore familiar show would draw viewers. Puzzled why NBC would think Fanelli Boys was strong enough to be the 9pm show. ABC They were keeping things in place but shows like Married People, Cop Rock, China Beach were headed for the axe.

Nah that's the GCAC. Where do Christine/Danny actually live? If they're not based in GC why do they keep turning up? Their only relative is Daniel and Lucy who we haven't seen in ages. Wonder if she'll show up at the wedding?

Empty Nest should have moved to 8pm allowing for new sitcoms 8.30/9.30. Hopefully something strong enough to take over from GG at 9pm once that show began to slide. Apart from KL everything else on ABC/CBS was a disaster on Thursdays. Maybe Twin Peaks should have stayed Thurs @9 to at least maintain some sort of cult following. It would have done as well as Gabriel's Fire. Moving it to Sat kind of said that ABC were not interested in 'quality' programming. Same with China Beach. Don't know why CBS would pick up a middling sitcom like Hogan Family and then bury it Sat night. Was this what I was referring to earlier where BTS stuff comes into play. Maybe CBS picked up Hogan Family to establish/maintain relationships with certain producers/creatives etc.

As nice as the flashbacks are ,it points out that at some point the Hortons were devalued. Steve and Sandy and then their children should have been in the mix along the way. David Banning should have had more of a presence etc. Wish Lisa Trusel had have been included.

CBS should have moved Major Dad and Designing Women to build a new night but the trouble was the schedules were sitcom heavy at that point and there were no opportunities. ABC wanted to be rid of Twin Peaks. It might have faired better Wed @10 but there was misplaced faith in Cop Rock. NBC had too many sitcoms with duds like Fanelli Boys and Parenthood and Grand cluttering up the schedule. They should have been more focused on keeping Thurs, Sat strong and maybe another hour here and there. CBS finally moved Dallas but Over My Dead Body was another poor choice for Fri @9. I guess a lot of these shows get on the air for reasons other than their actual quality (or lack thereof).

Tell that to BTG !

I guess the only upside to Josh's 'deaths don't mean they're dead' policy is that Cole, Chance and Damian can all make a comeback. Three deaths that happened within weeks of each other for no reason.

And their 14 yr old son found his mother's body.

Ilsa Fredericks Gwyda DonHowe, January 19, 1981 - July 22, 1981; September 1, 1982 - December 6, 1982. During a time of constant cast changes, somebody remembered Ilsa and she was brought back. Tragically killed by her husband. Donhowe, Gwyda (1933–1988) American stage, tv, and screen actress. Born Oct 20, 1933, in Oak Park, Illinois; stabbed to death by husband who then leapt from the roof of their apartment building, Jan 15, 1988, in New York, NY; m. Norman Kean (theatrical producer), 1958.